{Brotherhood resolved} I want you to join me in my tent. You and I are going to have a private conversation.

52

GREETING

Neutral 50

All right, let's state the obvious. There's something wrong with me.

53

Neutral 50

The headaches started a couple months ago. They weren't too bad at first... but now they come frequently and they're... {beat} debilitating.

54

Fear 50

For the past two weeks, my left leg has been dragging. It's stiffer, hard to move. And you've seen me blank out.

55

Anger 50

Lucius says I stare into space, blink a few times, then keep talking like nothing happened. So what's the diagnosis?

56

GREETING

Happy 50

{Successful surgery} I thank you for saving my life. You're a warrior {emphasis} and a healer - a rare combination.

57

GREETING

Happy 50

I thank you for saving my life. Arcade will be a fine addition to my retinue.

58

GREETING

Happy 50

I thank you for saving my life. The Auto-Doc module you recovered did the trick.

59

GREETING

Anger 50

I trust this payment is adequate compensation for your troubles. Now, lest we grow sentimental here...

60

GREETING

Anger 50

The time for battle will soon be upon us. {Le-GAH-tus La-nee-OOS} Legatus Lanius draws nigh. When he arrives, my Legion will assault Hoover Dam.

61

Happy 50

In the meantime, the Profligates have prepared a welcome gift for us. The President of the NCR intends to visit Hoover Dam.

62

GREETING

Happy 100

You {slight beat} dispatched President Kimball with real skill. Right under their noses, too - {enjoying it} what a humiliation.

63

GREETING

Anger 50

{seething} Why did you not attack President Kimball?

64

GREETING

Anger 50

{seething} President Kimball was there on the Dam, right before you. And yet he lives. {beat} How did you fuck this up?

65

GREETING

Anger 50

{Kimball quest resolved} My forces are in position to assault the Dam. {Leh-GAH-tus Lah-Nee-OOS} Legatus Lanius has assumed command.

66

Surprise 50

Are you ready to go to him? To tell him to begin the assault?

67

GREETING

Anger 50

You know everything you need to know. Be on your way.

68

GREETING

Neutral 50

{MASTER QUESTION NODE} What did you want to know?

69

GREETING

Neutral 50

{MASTER QUESTION NODE} What else did you want to know?

70

GREETING

Anger 50

{MASTER QUESTION NODE} Even with the Boomers to deal with, you have questions?

71

GREETING

Anger 50

{MASTER QUESTION NODE} Even with the White Glove Society to deal with, you have questions?

72

GREETING

Anger 50

{MASTER QUESTION NODE} Even with the Brotherhood to deal with, you have questions?

73

GREETING

Anger 50

{MASTER QUESTION NODE} Even with a President to kill, you have questions?

74

GREETING

Anger 50

{MASTER QUESTION NODE} Even on the brink of the final battle, you have questions?

75

GREETING

Anger 50

Allow me to make this clear. Because you've been of service to me, I will forgive your crimes against my Legion this one time.

76

Anger 50

In the future, if I become aware that you've committed other crimes, I'll have my Praetorians butcher you before my eyes.

77

GREETING

Anger 50

If you've committed any other crimes, this is the time to confess them, because after today there will be no forgiveness.

78

GREETING

Anger 100

I warned you about this. {to your guards} Praetorians, slaughter this degenerate!

79

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic000

The President's visit was cancelled. I never got the opportunity to attack him.

Anger 50

{controlled anger} When I command you to complete a mission, you will complete it, or you should die in the attempt.

80

Anger 50

I will overlook this error, but only because I think you can still be useful.

81

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic003

Goodbye.

Anger 50

Come back when you have news about the Boomers.

82

Goodbye.

Anger 50

Come back when you know more about the White Glove Society.

83

Goodbye.

Anger 50

Return to me when you've destroyed the Brotherhood of Steel.

84

Goodbye.

Anger 50

Come back when you've destroyed whatever you find down in that bunker.

85

Goodbye.

Neutral 50

Complete your mission, then return to me.

86

Goodbye.

Anger 50

{WAHL-ay} Vale.

87

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic005

Thank you, Caesar.

Happy 50

Consider it the first of many {slight emphasis, you know your using a fancy word} bestowments.

88

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic006

I don't want to decide.

Anger 50

What's wrong with you? This man shot you, stole from you, left you in the desert to die.

89

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic007

Can I set him free?

Anger 50

You need to work on your bloodthirst. We won't speak again until Benny is dead.

90

Anger 50

Walk away if you want, but if you do, he's going up on a cross. You're still making a choice.

91

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic014

You should probably be talking to somebody else.

Anger 50

Answer the question.

92

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic015

What do you know of the White Glove Society?

Happy 50

There were tales once, of a cannibal tribe near Vegas, one that hid itself in a cavern far below ground, hunting men as prey above.

93

Happy 50

The scouts I occasionally sent west many years ago reported these tales, but never had contact. Well, except the ones who went missing, perhaps.

94

Anger 50

There are rumors that the White Gloves might be this lost tribe. Maybe you can help them find themselves.

95

How could savage cannibals run the Ultra-Luxe?

Surprise 50

Culture is an odd thing. Sometimes a tribe grows tired of its identity, grabs for an opportunity to reimagine itself.

96

Neutral 50

The tribe becomes its own antithesis. Everything flips to the opposite polarity.

97

Surprise 50

Dialectics tells us that this can't last. There has to be a synthesis, a final sorting out.

98

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic016

How did you capture Benny?

Surprise 50

I'll hand it to that piece of shit, he was determined. He used some kind of Old-World stealth device to get across the river in a Legion boat.{get alternate take with "him" instead of "that piece of shit"}

99

Neutral 50

Seems the device ran out of juice once he got here, but he was dressed like a Legionary. He was caught just outside the weather station.

100

Happy 50

See, thing is, he didn't change his hairstyle. {amused at Benny's stupidity} To go through all that effort and fail because you're too vain to muss your hair...

101

What happened after Benny was caught?

Neutral 50

He was brought before me, along with the Platinum Chip. That's how I knew he wasn't some kind of Profligate infiltrator.

102

Happy 50

Benny tried to sell me a story, but Lucius has a way coaxing the truth out of captives. {not just the truth} Everything just comes spilling out.

103

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic018

I've already reverted the White Glove Society back to cannibalism.

Neutral 50

All right, that's a start. But now you have to convince them to support my Legion.

104

Happy 50

Tell them they'll be allowed to continue practicing their {beat} dietary habits without interruption. {slightly amused} They can eat a portion of what they conquer.

105

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic019

What do you think of the NCR?

Surprise 50

Do you want my opinion as a former citizen, or future conqueror? {shrug} Actually, my opinion's the same either way.

106

Anger 50

As a young man I was taught to venerate {mocking slightly} President Tandi of Shady Sands. "The Founding Mother of the New California Republic."

107

Neutral 50

Did you know her Presidency lasted 52 years? And that her father, Aradesh, was the Republic's first President?

108

Anger 50

Does that sound like democracy to you, or a hereditary dictatorship?

109

President Tandi was voted into office each time.

Neutral 50

Because the council didn't dare oppose her. She was too popular. She had the people's love.

110

Neutral 50

So things ran smoothly, more or less. And as soon as she was gone, as soon as there really could be "democracy" - what happened then?

111

Anger 50

Ever since losing its queen, the NCR has been weaker, more diffuse. Democracy has been its weakness, not its strength.

112

How is the NCR weak?

Disgust 50

Greed runs rampant. The government is corrupt, accepting bribes from Brahmin barons and landowners, to the detriment of citizens.

113

Disgust 50

The NCR is a loose conglomerate of individuals looking out for themselves. It's lost virtue. No one cares about the collective, the greater good.

114

Disgust 50

It's not built to last. I'm just hastening the inevitable.

115

Surely, the NCR is a powerful foe?

Neutral 50

Of course. The most powerful my Legion has faced. Also the first to which I am {beat} ideologically opposed.

116

Anger 50

Until now, every tribe I've conquered has been so backwards and stunted, enslavement has been a gift bestowed upon them.

117

Surprise 50

My conquest of the Mojave will be a glorious triumph, marking the transition of the Legion from a basically nomadic tribe to a genuine empire.

118

Happy 50

Just as my namesake campaigned in Gaul before he crossed the Rubicon, so have I campaigned, and will cross the Colorado.

119

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic020

What do you know about Mr. House?

Disgust 50

I know he's a coward, hiding behind an army of robots, ensconced in that tower of his like {beat as you think of it} a wizard in one of those Grognak comic books.

120

Anger 50

Some say he's a man, others, a machine. I don't care. He's in the way.

121

What did you know about Mr. House?

Anger 50

I know he's dead. I know he's no longer a factor. That's all I need to know.

122

Disgust 50

Losers don't matter in the history books. He's a fucking footnote.

123

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic021

What role will regional powers play in the conflict?

Neutral 50

I've analyzed the region's tribes to determine how they might be useful. I may tell you more at a later time, if it suits me.

124

What role will regional powers play in the conflict?

Neutral 50

{Safety lines} Here, this document has clear instructions on what to do next.

125

Neutral 50

Here, these written orders make it plain.

126

Neutral 50

These written orders will tell you what to do next.

127

What role will regional powers play in the conflict?

Neutral 50

See {WULH-pace} Vulpes for details about your next mission.

128

Neutral 50

For further instructions, see {WULH-pace} Vulpes.

129

Neutral 50

Go see {WULH-pace} Vulpes. He'll brief you.

130

What role will regional powers play in the conflict?

Neutral 50

Go see Lucius for details about your next mission.

131

Neutral 50

For further instructions, see Lucius.

132

Neutral 50

Go see Lucius. He'll brief you.

133

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic022

How did you rise to power?

Surprise 50

Ironically, I was born a Profligate myself, a citizen of the NCR.

134

Sad 50

My family lived not far from the great Boneyard. After Raiders killed my father, my mother sought the Followers' protection. I was two years old.

135

Neutral 50

She found work at their Library, cooking and cleaning. I learned how to read and soon I was taking courses, free of charge.

136

You were a Follower of the Apocalypse?

Sad 50

Oh yes, raised in that tradition. And the teaching stuck. I was taught it was my responsibility to bring the torch of knowledge to the wastes.

137

Happy 50

{joking about your conquests} I may have taken the torch part more literally than they intended.

138

What changed you from a Follower to dictator?

Neutral 50

When I was 20, the Followers sent me East to Grand Canyon. It was my first expedition, just me and a physician named Calhoun.

139

Anger 50

As an anthropologist and linguist, my assignment was to learn the dialects of the Grand Canyon tribes. What a fucking waste of time!{get alternate take with "What a waste of time that would've been!"}

140

Why would learning dialects be a waste of time?

Anger 50

If you think it's worthwhile to make smart people learn how to talk like backward savages, you're a Follower of the Apocalypse... or an idiot.

141

Neutral 50

Anyway, we met up with a Mormon missionary who already knew a bunch of dialects - Joshua Graham. He was supposed to teach me.

142

Neutral 50

But before that went too far, the Blackfoot tribe captured us, to hold us for ransom.

143

Surprise 50

They were a backward bunch. But the real problem was, they didn't know how to fight.

144

What was wrong with the Blackfoot?

Neutral 50

The Blackfoot were at war with seven other tribes, each just as pissant as they were. But outnumbered like that, they weren't going to last long.

145

Anger 50

It's one thing to be taken hostage, another to be lashed to a sinking ship. So over Calhoun's objections, I decided to take certain steps.

146

What steps did you take?

Neutral 50

I taught them how to use the guns they already had - how to strip and clean them, how to breathe when pulling a trigger, how to reload ammunition.

147

Surprise 50

They looked at me like I was some kind of a sorcerer. So I taught them how to make explosives, and started drilling them on small unit tactics.

148

Happy 50

{amused} If there's anything I learned as a Follower of the Apocalypse, it's that there's a lot of good information in old books.

149

What happened after you trained the Blackfoot?

Neutral 50

{LATIN}{dih-WE-day et im-PEER-ah} Divide et impera - divide and conquer. I led the Blackfoot against the Ridgers, their weakest enemy.

150

Neutral 50

When they refused to surrender, I ordered every man, woman, and child killed. When next we surrounded the Kaibabs and they likewise refused...

151

Anger 50

I took one of their envoys to the Ridgers' village and showed him the corpse piles.

152

Surprise 50

This was new for the tribes, you see. They played at war, raiding each other, a little rape and pillage here, a little ransoming there.

153

Happy 50

I showed them total warfare. Like I said, there's a lot you can learn from old books.

154

What happened to the tribes?

Neutral 50

The Kaibabs joined me, and the Fredonians after that - all the pissant tribes, with names that should be forgotten.

155

Anger 50

I knew from the start I'd need to eradicate this plague of tribal identities, replacing them with a monolithic culture, a uniform identity.

156

Neutral 50

So that's what I did, once my confederation of tribes was large enough. I crowned myself {KAI-zar} Caesar and created a single Great Tribe - my Legion.

157

Anger 50

I sent Calhoun, the Follower captured with me, back West with a message that I should not be interfered with.

158

Neutral 50

Joshua Graham, the Mormon interpreter, stayed with me and served as my first {leh-GAH-tus} Legatus.

159

And since forming the Legion, all you've done is conquer other tribes?

[SUCCEEDED] {tired} Don't... just leave it alone. I'm fine. Now what was I saying...? Right.

227

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic053

I think we should talk about your health.

Anger 50

Take care of the Brotherhood. {beat - considering it, tantamount to admitting there's a problem} Maybe then we can have a conversation.

228

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic054

Seriously, let's talk about your health.

Anger 50

{back the fuck off} I said, take care of the Brotherhood. Then we talk - maybe.

229

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic055

What about the Auto-Doc in your tent?

Neutral 50

It's never had a functional diagnostic scanning module. Without that, it's useless for surgery.

230

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic056[Medicine Check]

I'm afraid your symptoms are consistent with a brain lesion, most likely a tumor.

Neutral 50

[SUCCEEDED] {not surprised} I figured as much.

231

Anger 50

Congratulations, you just became my personal physician. Do you have what you need to treat my condition?

232

I don't know. Sounds serious, though.

Anger 50

[FAILED]{pretty obvious, asshole} Yeah, it does. So if you can't help me, who can?

233

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic057[Speech Check.]

Straight-forward case of intra-cranial blastoma fibrolosis, I wager.

Surprise 50

[SUCCEEDED] {no idea what that diagnosis is} I'm not familiar with that condition. Is it treatable?

234

Sounds like a moderately severe case of Skullatosis.

Anger 50

[FAILED] {the player is full of shit} There's nothing "moderate" about the severity of this. And if you're going to make up names for diseases, come up with good ones.

235

Anger 50

If you can't help me, who can?

236

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic058[Medicine Check 75+]

I can perform the surgery, but I'll need proper tools and supplies from a Doctor's Bag.

Fear 50

[SUCCEEDED] Then gather those items together and hurry back to perform the operation. I don't know how long I've got.

237

Even with proper Surgical Tools, an operation of this sort might be beyond me.

Anger 50

[FAILED] Then gather the tools you need, and study up on your medical skills.

238

Fear 50

When you're confident you can perform the operation, hurry back. I don't know how long I've got.

239

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic060

You guaranteed my safety.

Surprise 100

And you fell for that? Really? Because I'm going to have you killed now.

240

You guaranteed my safety.

Anger 50

You do know why I wanted to meet you, right?

241

Neutral 50

A man nearly kills you, so you track him across the breadth of the Mojave?

242

You guaranteed my safety.

Surprise 50

You arrive on the Strip and waltz into the Lucky 38 like someone left you a key under the doormat?

243

You guaranteed my safety.

Surprise 50

You assassinate the head of the Chairmen {emphasis} in his own casino - and get away with it?

244

You guaranteed my safety.

Surprise 50

You visit the Tops, and next thing you know, the head of the Chairmen is fleeing the Strip like a whimpering little pup?

245

You guaranteed my safety.

Surprise 50

Then something happens to Mr. House's robots - some kind of military upgrade?

246

You guaranteed my safety.

Happy 50

But the topper, the {coo de gras, "s" not silent} coup de grâce? Mr. House dies - while you're visiting him at the Lucky 38.{grunt of admiration}

247

You guaranteed my safety.

Happy 50

When you set your mind to something, you get results. I like that.

248

You guaranteed my safety.

Happy 50

{beat} ...Relax. I'm fucking with you.

249

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic065

I've already destroyed the Brotherhood's bunker in Hidden Valley.

Surprise 50

{surprised} You destroyed the Brotherhood's bunker? {chuckle of admiration} Very well.

250

Neutral 50

I'll trust your word, and reward you as though you {playing with the language a bit} wreaked this destruction at my behest.

251

Anger 50

Of course, if the Brotherhood should suddenly rise up to oppose my rule, you will be held responsible. {beat to let it sink in} Now, moving on...

252

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic066

I'll destroy the Brotherhood.

Neutral 50

Good. Two of my scouts have reported seeing patrols of men in power armor near Hidden Valley. Begin your search there.

253

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic067

Is it really necessary to destroy the Brotherhood?

Anger 50

{irritated} If I say the Brotherhood should be destroyed, it's necessary.

254

Anger 50

My Legion can win a fight against the Brotherhood of Steel, but it would be costly. Your job is to make sure there's no Brotherhood for us to fight.

255

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic068

I won't destroy the Brotherhood of Steel.

Anger 50

Is that so?

256

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic069

I've destroyed the Brotherhood of Steel's bunker in Hidden Valley.

Happy 50

Very well. This latest victory brings to a close my efforts to reshape the power balance of the Mojave - and not a minute too soon...

257

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic071

I've been inside the Brotherhood's bunker, but I haven't destroyed it yet.

Anger 50

{no-nonsense} Then get yourself back there, and get it done.

258

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic073

I'll kill President Kimball for you.

Happy 50

That's what I like to hear.

259

Neutral 50

One of my {froo-men-TAR-ee} Frumentarii has set up camp near Hoover Dam. His name his {KAY-toh Hos-TIL-ee-oos} Cato Hostilius.

260

Neutral 50

Go to him. He'll have further instructions.

261

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic074

Won't killing President Kimball just anger the NCR?

Anger 50

{setting player straight} I don't have to explain the reasoning behind my commands. I just give them - and you do them.

262

Anger 50

That said, every once in a while I hear something so ignorant, I have to respond. This is one of those times.

263

Anger 50

The Profligates' morale is in the shitter. They've occupied the Mojave for years, getting picked off one by one. They were told it'd be easy.

264

Surprise 50

They keep being told that victory is right around the corner, that Vegas will roll over, become the sixth state of their little union.

265

Happy 50

It's President Kimball who's been telling them that. When he dies, the enormity of his lies will come crashing down, the punchline to a bad joke.

266

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic075

I'm not going to kill the NCR's President.

Anger 50

Oh? You're going to {beat} defy me?

267

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic076

You're in possession of something that interests me.

Anger 50

We'll deal with Benny when the time comes. In the meantime...

268

I need to get that Platinum Chip back.

Anger 50

We'll talk about the Platinum Chip when the time comes. In the meantime...

269

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic077

I had to see the Mighty Caesar with my own eyes.

Happy 50

Maybe I should have you struck blind so my face is the last sight you ever behold. {tiring of the jest, to business} Look...{transitioning to "You do know why I wanted to meet you, right?"}

270

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic078

Death to tyrants! <Start combat.>

Anger 50

Praetorians, to arms!

271

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic079

That I'd decorate this tent with your guts.

Fear 100

{Pray-TOR-ee-ahns} Praetorians, to me!

272

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic080[Speech Check 65+]

It's a simple procedure... as brain surgeries go.

Happy 50

[SUCCEEDED] Then go find some proper Surgical Tools. The medications from a Doctor's Bag might come in handy, too.

273

Fear 50

I'll make sure you're allowed to bring the necessary medications into the camp. Hurry back. I don't know how long I've got.

274

I'll need a vise... or a large nutcracker...

Anger 50

[FAILED] If you think this is funny, you should give crucifixion a try. Now that's hilarious.

275

Anger 50

If you can't help me, who can?

276

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic082

There was no reasonable chance of success.

Anger 50

{controlled anger} When I command you to complete a mission, you will complete it, or you should die in the attempt.

277

Anger 50

You lost me a great opportunity to deal a blow to the Profligates' morale. If not for the service you've rendered unto me, I'd have you crucified.

278

Anger 50

I will overlook this error, but only because I think you can still be useful.

279

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic086

One of my companions, Arcade, has medical expertise. You could take him as a slave.

Surprise 50

And where is this Arcade?

280

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic088

And once I'm inside?

Neutral 50

I want you to destroy whatever you find in there. And then I want you to come back here and tell me about it.

281

And once I'm inside?

Disgust 50

So go to the building and take this {weary of it} fucking Platinum Chip with you. My Legionaries will meet you there, with your weapons and equipment.

282

And once I'm inside?

Happy 50

Talk to Benny on your way out. He knows I'm going to let you decide how he dies. Maybe you want to remind him.

283

And once I'm inside?

Anger 50

{Get your ass moving already} Goodbye.

284

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic089

I should be going.

Anger 50

I'm not asking you to do this. I'm telling you.

285

Anger 50

Now take the Platinum Chip, go down in that bunker or whatever it is, and destroy whatever gizmo-happy Brahmin shit you find. {business concluded} Now get to it. {WAH-lay} Vale.

286

I should be going.

Anger 50

I'm not asking you to do this. I'm telling you.

287

Anger 50

Now take the Platinum Chip, go to the bunker or whatever it is, and destroy whatever gizmo-happy Brahmin shit you find down there.

288

Happy 50

And just in case you're thinking of {beat} slipping away, now that you've finally got that Platinum Chip in your hands?

289

Anger 50

Go ahead, try that. And I'll have you hunted down, and your head mounted on a pole. {business concluded} Now get to it. {WAH-lay} Vale.

290

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic090

I'm still working on the Boomers.

Anger 50

I expect results sooner rather than later.

291

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic093

<Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.>

Anger 50

{WUHL-pace in-CUHL-tah} Vulpes Inculta, the best of my {froo-men-TAR-ee} frumentarii, is dead.

292

<Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.>

Anger 50

{player killed Omerta leaders} All the bribes I sent to the Omertas ended up buying me {beat} nothing.

293

<Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.>

Anger 50

{Player spoiled his plans for the Great Khans.} The Great Khans aren't exactly clamoring to fight for my Legion now.

294

<Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.>

Anger 50

The garrison I established at Nelson has been wiped out.

295

<Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.>

Anger 50

Years of meticulous scheming to place a mole at Camp McCarran - wasted.

296

<Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.>

Anger 50

The Kings of Freeside are cooperating with the NCR now, which frees up soldiers to defend the dam.

297

<Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.>

Anger 50

You even disrupted a promising weapons deal with the Van Graffs.

298

<Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.>

Surprise 50

Is it any wonder my Legion has so little love for you?

299

<Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.>

Anger 50

So tell me this, because I really want to know. I am feared - with good reason.

300

Anger 50

But you - of all people - dare to come here and stand before me, the mighty {KAI-zar} Caesar. {beat} What were you thinking?

301

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic094

<INERT NODE TO HOLD LINES FOR HOW PLAYER HAS TROUBLED NCR.>

Happy 50

You spread word of the massacre of Nipton, just like {WUHL-pace} Vulpes asked you.

302

<INERT NODE TO HOLD LINES FOR HOW PLAYER HAS TROUBLED NCR.>

Happy 50

Beams of light shot down from the sky over HELIOS One, killing who knows how many Profligate troops.

303

<INERT NODE TO HOLD LINES FOR HOW PLAYER HAS TROUBLED NCR.>

Happy 50

Silus, the {Ken-TOO-ree-on} Centurion who let himself get captured, died at McCarran before he could reveal sensitive information.

304

<INERT NODE TO HOLD LINES FOR HOW PLAYER HAS TROUBLED NCR.>

Happy 50

You freed the {Ken-TOO-ree-on} Centurion Silus from McCarran so that he might be punished for his cowardice.

305

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Happy 50

The monorail that the Profligates rode from McCarran to the Strip has been destroyed.

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Happy 50

You turned Camp Forlorn Hope into a mass grave.

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Happy 50

Chief Hanlon, a nemesis of my Legion, died the humiliating death he deserved.

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Happy 50

In Boulder City, you let the renegade Khans go free, but left NCR troopers gurgling on the ground, drowning in their own blood.

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Happy 50

A number of NCR Ranger stations have been wiped off the face of the Mojave, thanks to you.

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Happy 80

{ironic} The Profligates still hate me more than they hate you, I think, but I've been at this longer than you have.

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Anger 50

I get it. We share a common enemy. And now you come before the mighty {KAI-zar} Caesar to what - offer your services?

312

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic095

How do you know so much about me?

Anger 50

I have eyes and ears everywhere. {kind of obvious} It behooves me not to invade the west blind and deaf.

313

Neutral 50

It hasn't been hard to track your progress. It's not as though you've been keeping a low profile.

314

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic096

He's standing right outside your tent.

Happy 50

I'll have my guards take him captive. If he cures my condition, I'll see to it that your reward is several times his value.

315

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic097

What's on the other side of those doors?

Happy 50

Benny's theory, if I understood it through all the screaming, was that Mr. House stashed some kind of ultimate weapon down there.

316

Anger 50

A gigantic robot to stomp us all to death, who cares? Whatever it is, House built it, so I want it destroyed.

317

What's on the other side of those doors?

Anger 50

I don't know. And I don't like not knowing.

318

Neutral 50

{there's an alternate take with "couldn't" instead of "can't"} I know Mr. House built it. I'm thinking it's probably some kind of weapon that he can't activate from a distance.

319

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic099

How may I serve your Legion, Caesar?

Happy 50

{pleased} I like the servile attitude. Keep it up.

320

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic102

What were you looking to start?

Neutral 50

The time is fast approaching when my Legion will assault the great dam and invade the west.

321

What were you looking to start?

Anger 30

Before that happens, I want Mr. House knocked out of the game, a quick one-two punch - with you doing the punching.

322

What were you looking to start?

Anger 30

Before that happens, I want Mr. House erased from the picture. Not just the man you killed, but what he left behind. His legacy.

323

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic105

Can't your Legionaries take care of this?

Neutral 50

Yes. But then I'd have to kill them.

324

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic106

Maybe Benny could do this for you.

Anger 50

I wouldn't trust Benny to lick my boots clean. This one falls to you.

325

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic108

You should use Mr. House's technology to attack the dam.

Anger 50

You don't get it, do you? The weapons I wield are forged from blood, flesh, sinew, bone - mortal stuff. Fragile, even.

326

Surprise 50

And yet my Legion obeys me, even unto death. Why? Because they live to serve the greater good, and they know of no alternatives.

327

Disgust 50

House's machines, his technologies - what do they propose? The possibility of victory without sacrifice. No blood spilled, just... rivets.

328

Anger 50

That's not an idea to be put in circulation. If mankind's going to survive this moment in history, it needs warriors, not {contempt} gadgets.

329

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic109

I'll bring him to you.

Happy 50

All right. Just leave him outside the tent when you return. If he cures my condition, I'll see to it that your reward is several times his value.

330

I'll bring him to you.

Fear 50

Be on your way, then. And try not to take too long.

331

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic110

The cannibals among the White Glove Society are dead.

Anger 50

They'll be of no use to the Legion, then.

332

Anger 50

You squandered a potentially valuable resource. {direct} Do better with your next assignment or there will be trouble...

333

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic111

Where would I find a diagnostic scanning module?

Neutral 50

It's been said that Auto-Docs were standard equipment in the underground Vaults where mankind survived when the bombs fell centuries ago.

334

Neutral 50

You can search the Vaults, but every Auto-Doc my Legion has run across has been stripped for parts long before we found it.

335

Surprise 50

{remembering, feeling hope} Some of my scouts did report an abandoned Vault near Nellis Air Force Base. Overrun by ghouls, they said.

336

Surprise 50

Maybe the infestation has been there long enough to keep scavengers out. Why don't you go and see?

337

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic112

Tell me about the Boomers.

Neutral 50

The Boomers settled at the old air base northeast of Vegas many years ago. No one knows exactly how long it's been.

338

Anger 50

It may be that no one's traded with them or even spoken to them that entire time. If so, they're sitting on one hell of a stockpile of ammunition...

339

Don't you know anything about their society?

Neutral 50

My scouts have seen people moving around the base. The perimeter is guarded, with spotters in towers directing the artillery fire.

340

Surprise 50

They must have extraordinary vision. Some of my scouts were targeted at extreme distances.

341

Anger 50

So no, I can't tell you what to expect inside the base. No one's been inside it, except them.

342

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic113

What do you think of the Brotherhood of Steel?

Anger 50

The worst impulses of mankind, concentrated in one insane, backward tribe.

343

Anger 50

The Brotherhood seems to have formed not long after the great atomic war. It's hard to know - they care little for history.

344

Anger 80

Some of the Brotherhood scribes we captured further East didn't even know the name of their founder, Roger Maxson.

345

Anger 50

They like to pretty up their mission with trappings of chivalry, but the truth is they're horders. They horde technology.

346

Disgust 50

It's been 200 years, and they still have the mentality of scavengers. They say they're preserving these technologies, but for what?

347

Disgust 50

They have no vision. They offer no future. They're a dead end.

348

Couldn't you use the Brotherhood to your advantage?

Anger 50

You don't think very far ahead, do you?

349

Anger 50

Sure, their hatred of the NCR would seem to qualify them for use as proxies. But then what do you do with them? Each paladin is quite powerful.

350

Anger 50

I'd have to be convinced that present benefits outweighed future costs.

351

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic114

What's your opinion of President Kimball?

Surprise 50

A man of potential, held back by the {slight beat} craven political context he inhabits. You realize he was a general? "The Hero of the Mojave," they called him.

352

Happy 50

A title he earned by extirpating lesser tribes that dared attack NCR citizens. His responses were {approving} swift and draconian.

353

Anger 50

President Tandi, the "founding mother," coddled hostile tribes... but her successors were less naive, so they gave Kimball free rein.

354

Disgust 100

And after a respectable military career, what does he do? Become a {distaste} politician.

355

Isn't it natural for someone like Kimball to seek greater power?

Disgust 50

But he did so by {disapproving} election. What better way to stunt the growth of leaders, not to mention whole cultures?

356

Anger 50

A leader shouldn't have to kowtow to those who serve him. With so much energy wasted on those below, how is he ever to move forward?

357

Surprise 50

Had he taken the government by force, used his army to stage a coup, things would be very different.

358

Anger 50

I'll just have to do it for him.

359

How will the NCR react to Kimball's death? Won't it just anger them?

Happy 50

It'll frighten them. If I can reach out and kill whomever I choose, then they know the only reason they're alive is I haven't tried yet.

360

Surprise 50

You have to understand that Kimball is a symbol. Without him, there would be no NCR occupation of the Mojave.

361

Disgust 50

He mustered the troops - {distaste} as many as his senate would allow - and sent them in. All the right reasons, done all the wrong ways.

362

Disgust 50

Any invasion by a democracy is a half-measure. When Kimball dies, the NCR will {emphasis} recoil from the Mojave, and from his legacy.

363

Happy 50

By the time they recover and try to strike back, I'll be invading them.

364

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic115

I've heard rumors of your legate, Lanius. What's his story?

Anger 50

{Lan-ee-OOS} Lanius is the greatest of my battlefield commanders. Some might call him a great man, but I'm not sure he qualifies.

365

Happy 50

Once, he was the greatest warrior of the Hidebarks, a tribe of the Arizona. Maniacal in battle. Sometimes he'd ambush Legion patrols {emphasis} by himself.

366

Neutral 50

When, after several {emphasis, usually campaigns are faster} months we found and surrounded the Hidebarks' camp, their Chieftain raised a banner of surrender.

367

Happy 50

The warrior who was not yet {Lan-ee-OOS} Lanius went insane with rage. {a pleasing memory} He struck down his Chieftain and attacked his own tribe.

368

What happened when Lanius attacked his own tribe?

Neutral 50

He killed fifteen before they brought him down. He didn't die, obviously.

369

Neutral 50

I had him tended to. He was {beat} maimed, most of face torn off. It was days before he regained consciousness.

370

Neutral 50

When he did, I went to his bedside and showed him the helmet I'd had forged to cover his face. I said he could have it if he'd fight for me.

371

Happy 50

He accepted... on condition that he be allowed to kill the surviving males of his tribe. {chuckle} I said, make it the {emph} adult males and you have a deal.{Children are malleable and thus valuable to the Legion.}

372

He sounds more like a savage than a general.

Happy 50

{Lan-ee-OOS} Lanius is savage. Savagely loyal, too, but only to me - he has no love for my Legion. But this has its uses.

373

Neutral 50

He has no attachment to his men, no compunction about battlefield losses. All he cares about is destroying the enemy.

374

Anger 50

When another legatus or a {Ken-TOO-ree-on} Centurion fails to achieve results, I send {Lah-nee-OOS} Lanius to make things right.

375

Happy 50

His first step is to beat the failed commander to death in front of his assembled troops. Then he orders the ritual of {deck-ih-MAH-tee-oh} decimatio.

376

What is "decimatio?"

Neutral 50

It means "decimation," but in ancient Rome the word had a very specific meaning - a punishment for cowardice.

377

Neutral 50

The Legionaries are lined up in ranks. Every tenth man steps forward and is beaten to death by his brothers.

378

Happy 50

It instills a certain... robust obedience.

379

Lanius will lead the assault on Hoover Dam?

Happy 50

{Lan-ee-OOS} Yes. This time my Legionaries will be more frightened of the commander behind them than the enemy before them.

380

Anger 50

There will be no failure this time, no retreat, no years of gathering slaves and resources for another assault.

381

Neutral 50

With {Lah-nee-OOS} Lanius to drive the Legion forward, the dam will be taken. It will be our {slight beat} bridgehead across the Colorado.

382

Why did the Legion lose the first battle?

Anger 50

It's not going to happen again. That's all I have to say about it.

383

I've heard the commander of the first battle called "The Burned Man."

Anger 50

And I've heard it's a bad idea to tempt the wrath of {KAI-zar} Caesar. Change the subject.

384

VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic116

Tell me about Vulpes Inculta.

Neutral 50

{WUHL-pace} Vulpes is the best of my {Froo-men-TAR-ee} Frumentarii. A remarkable individual from an unremarkable tribe south of the Utah.

385

Neutral 50

He was brought into the Legion as a boy, survived training, fought well enough as Legionary to be promoted to the rank of {deh-CAN-us} Decanus.

386

Anger 50

Then, in battle against an {dismissive} unimportant tribe, he broke ranks and led his {con-too-BUR-nee-um - a Roman squad} contubernium through a hole in their defenses to capture its chieftain.

387

Happy 50

{amused} Well, his {ken-too-REE-on} Centurion wanted him crucified for disobedience. So I made him a {froo-men-TAR-eye} Frumentari.